Diancecht's son, Miach, and his daughter Airmid / Airmed, who were also physicians, went to see Nuadha their previous injured King who was now living a reclusive life on his own and on inspecting his previously severed hand they could see that it was highly infected where the silver hand had been joined onto the stub of his arm. They immediately set about treating him and he became strong again, and their father Diancecht became terribly upset that his own son should out do him as a physician and he was so angry that he personally struck Miach with a sword and cut him, but it was only skin deep and he was able to heal himself quickly. This too upset Diancecht who struck him again cutting right into the bone, but once again Miach was able to heal himself quickly and this too distressed his father who struck him once again, this time cutting into his skull nearly to the surface of the Brain, but Miach was once again able to heal himself. There seemed to be no end to Diancecht's fury against Miach over the matter and Diancecht completely out of control struck him once again cutting his Brain in two and killed his own son. After Miach was to be interred, his sister, Airmid, laid out her cloak over his grave to protect the 365 herbs that were growing there and her father, Diancecht in another fit of jealousy, then mixed them up and the knowledge of their real properties and medicinal uses were then confounded for future use.

    Meanwhile Breas who was still acting as the Tuatha De Danann leader was to go too far when he finally ill - treated Cairpre, the son of Ogma, who was the Tuatha De Danann bard or poet, who were always held in high regard by the Celts, as learned men, being nearly equal to the Kings. It was usual in Celtic culture for the bard to go about deliberating poetry that flattered the King, but this time Cairpre expressed only satire against Breas and a new type of influence was created in Ireland. Breas became so disconcerted about this that his face broke out in red blotches, which was in reality a blemish and the Tuatha De Danann saw their opportunity to call on him to resign and put Nuadha of the Silver Hand back in as their King. Breas and his mother returned to his father, Elathan the Fomoiri King with his nose well and truly out of joint.

1888 BC Nuadha was then reinstated as the Tuatha De Danann King with a new silver arm fitted and supplied by his surgeons Diancecht and Creidne and it had now been 7 years since the Tuatha De Danann had defeated the Fir Bolg at Moytura and gained control in Ireland. They were soon to also come up against the Fomorians and defeat them at Ballinafad (The Mouth of the Long Ford) Beal an Atha Fad in North Moytura in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province and would do so again in Co. Galway in the south - west of Connacht in the region of the 12 Bens the Peaks of the Connemara Mountains some of which are up to 2,000 feet high with Forests of great Oak Trees, which the Druids in Ireland were to hold so sacred.  

    Breas' father, Elathan was the Great Chief of the Fomorians, who as a Sea Pirates often also raided the German Ocean and ruled the Shetland Islands and the the Hebrides, and he had golden hair down to his shoulders, with a gold braid over a shirt made of golden threads and wore 5 golden necklaces around his neck and a gold brooch with a precious stone on his breast. He was to eventually give Breas - (the Handsome) - a fleet and an army to seek his revenge and try and re - take control over Ireland from the Tuatha De Danann, and also recommended his son to Balor of the Evil Eye / of the Stiff Blows the Fomorian King of the Islands, and to Indech, a son of Domnu. To this end Elathan gathered together all the leaders of the Fomoiri, Balor, Indech and Tethra and together they decided to back Breas and attack the Tuatha De Danann in Ireland.

        Later on while Nuadha and the other members of the Tuatha De Danann were celebrating a stranger arrived at the entrance to Tara and told the sentinel there that he was Lew / Lugh "Ioldanach" - the Master of all Arts who was the son of Cian and therefore a grandson of Diancecht and his mother, Ethniu, was the daughter of Balor of the Stiff Blows. When they inquired as to his profession he told them he was a carpenter, a smith, a warrior of skill, a harpist, a poet, a sorcerer, a physician and a bronze worker and they advised him that they already had one each of these in Luchtaine, Gobhan / Goibniu "Saer," Ogma, Diancecht and Creidne. "I am master of all of these crafts," he said, "ask the King if there is such a man within and if there is I will not stay at Tara, for there is no need of me." Nuadha was advised of his qualifications and fully realizing that trouble was always on the agenda from the Fomoiri, decided to put him to the test to examine his intellectual capacity, which might soon be needed to outwit the Fomorians. He had him compete in a game of chess with his best chess player who Lew / Lugh then defeated, and Nuadha then invited him in to the hall at Tara and sat him in the Sage's seat that was always kept for their wisest man. He then tested him against Ogma for strength and he won again, and when he asked him to play the harp he completed 3 glorious tunes that were so entertaining that the whole court was impressed. After further consultation with his counsel Nuadha then also handed over his own position as the Tuatha De Danann King to Lugh for 13 days so that Lugh might put in place whatever plans would be required to face the Fomoiri if they should attack, who then called all of the Tuatha De Danann together to discuss the possibilities. They decided from then on to get ready to do battle against the Fomoiri and fully support Lugh to give them the direction and preparation.

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